Or the soul may pervade the whole body, by its quality of intelligence, as the flame pervades the whole room by its rays. — 242.

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COMMENTARY

The soul, though atomic, pervades the whole body by its attribute of intelligence, namely, by its power of sentiency just as light. The sun or a candle, though placed in a particular spot, illumines the whole universe or the room, by their rays. Similarly the soul, though residing in the heart, perceives all sensations. As says the Lord in the Gita (XIII, 33):

As the one sun illumined all this universe, so the soul illumines the whole of this body.

You cannot say that the rays of the sun are particles detatched from it, and spread themselves all over the world; for if it were so, then the sun will be constantly losing its mass and decreasing in size; but this is not the case. Moreover, gems like rubies, etc., give out rays of light without losing their weight, as may be observed by any one. In the case of gems, we know that no material particles are given out by them. Their light is their quality, and not any portion of their substance.

Note. — This theory is, however, now an exploded one. The rays of the sun are really particles of matter, so light that they cannot be weighed. The loss of the sun’s mass is constantly being replenished by the fall of meteors into i. Id the case of gems, like radium, which emit light, it is a scientific fact that that light is matter and a portion of the substance of the radium and not its quality. Similarly, the soul pervades the body, by its light, which is really a substance of the soul. The highest vesture of the soul consists of the Karana Sharira and it is through the particles of this Karana sharira that the soul comes in contact with the external world, namely, its body. The Karana Sharira is constantly being replenished by the matter of the highest plane.

In the above Sutra it has been shown that a quality can function in a place apart from the substance of which it is the quality. As light can function and illumine an object in a place different from the place where the flame is, of which the light is a quality. The author shows this by another illustration.

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